While an engine compression tester may not be the most common tool in a mechanic's garage, they can be very useful, ...

From Ford's EcoBoost to Audi's Quattro, the car world is filled with trademarked terms intended to put the unique selling point of an automaker's vehicles front and center. Mazda's Skyactiv is no ...

Mazda's willingness to leave the Otto cycle behind when designing its engines brought us the rotary-powered RX-7 and RX-8, ...

In theory, Wankel-style rotary internal combustion engines have many advantages: they ditch the cumbersome crankcase and piston design, replacing it with a simple, single-chamber design and a ...

As we face the end of the internal-combustion era, the straight-six has made an unlikely comeback. Well, unlikely might not be the right word for an engine configuration of such fundamental rightness.

With the Skyactiv-Z engine and a rotary-powered Iconic SP on the way, Mazda is doubling down on greener gas-powered innovation. As many automakers rush to embrace electric vehicles, Mazda is standing ...

Mazda has been building reliable automobiles for almost a century. Founded in 1920 as a cork manufacturer (originally Toyo Cork Kogyo) by Jujuro Matsuda, the business completed its transition into the ...